Re: [IBC] ailanthus altissima

Craig,
Good luck on using this incredibly despised tree. Perhaps similar to the
hatred for the Casuarina in the southern US, and yet it makes fabulous
bonsai if treated properly.
Give it a shot.
Just one suggestion in my handling of this material in the landscape it has
very soft and snappy wood.
Jerry Meislik
Whitefish Montana USA
Zone 4-5
http://www.bonsaihunk.8m.com/
> Weed tree! noxious!  Search and destroy!
>
> I've got one in my backyard that is about 10 feet high, with  a main
> trunk and two smaller trunks.  The main trunk is about 5 inches, the
> smaller trunk that I would keep is about 2.5 inches.  It also has a
> great root base, and would require a good 2 foot pot.  I'm planning to
> take it out next year, and was thinking I might try it as a bonsai.
> Nothing lost, and if it doesn't make it, no great loss.
>
> I am guessing that as a fast-growing tree it suckers a lot.  Will this
> also send out shoots further up the trunk if cut back?  Also, would I
> need to recover a lot of the root system, or just a small amount?
>
> Now, I realize that this flies in the face of all that is holy, but I
> think it could have a chance.  It would be a big tree, in the range of 3
> feet or so.
>
> So, what do the traditionalists and others say? Don't all gag at once!
>
> Craig Cowing
> NY
> zone 5b/6a sunset 37
>
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